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De Hoge Veluwe National Park (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈɦoːɣə ˈveːlyʋə]; "The High Veluwe") is a Dutch national park in the province of Gelderland near the cities of Ede, Wageningen, Arnhem and Apeldoorn. It is approximately 55 km 2 (14,000 acres; 21 sq mi) in area, consisting of heathlands, sand dunes, and woodlands.
The Museonder is a Dutch museum in the De Hoge Veluwe National Park The museum focuses on the geology and biology of the Veluwe and calls itself the world's first fully underground museum. [1] The name "Museonder" is a portmanteau of the Dutch words for "museum" and "under", respectively "museum" and "onder".
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The Veluwe is the largest push moraine complex in the Netherlands, stretching 60 km (40 miles) from north to south, and reaching heights of up to 110 metres (360'). The Veluwe was formed by the Saalian glacial during the Pleistocene epoch, some 200,000 years ago. Glaciers some 200 metres (600') thick pushed the sand deposits in the Rhine and ...
Christiaan de Wet monument, Hoge Veluwe, the Netherlands. De Wet distinguished himself in the Second Boer War and earned a reputation for bravery in the many battles that he fought in that conflict. [21] In the early 1920s, Irish republican leader Michael Collins was called "the Irish de Wet" by the British press. [22]
Helene Müller and Anton Kröller, c. 1888. The Kröller-Müller Museum was founded by Helene Kröller-Müller, an avid art collector who, being advised by H.P. Bremmer, was one of the first to recognize Vincent van Gogh's genius and collect his works.
German soldiers were encircled on the De Hoge Veluwe National Park and unexpectedly attacked the already liberated Dutch village Otterlo, leading to fierce fighting in hand-to-hand combat. It resulted in an Allied victory, thanks to the deployment of flamethrower tanks , and considerable German losses.
Veluwe: NL221 South West Gelderland NL224 Achterhoek: NL225 Arnhem & Nijmegen: NL226 Flevoland: NL23 Flevoland: NL230 West Netherlands (West-Nederland) NL3 Utrecht: NL31 Utrecht: NL310 North Holland: NL32 Kop van North Holland NL321 Alkmaar and surroundings NL328 IJmond NL323 Haarlem agglomeration NL324 Zaanstreek: NL325 Greater Amsterdam ...